Associate, School

1 month ago


bangalore, India Teach For India Full time

Position Summary

The School and Community Relations Associate in Bangalore is responsible for managing school and community partnerships as well as supporting the Program team with Stakeholder Management in schools and communities. You will be responsible for setting a strong culture of problem-solving and collaboration amongst Fellows and Stakeholders and work closely with the Program team and Government Relations Manager to ensure win-win partnerships in schools and communities.

Team Overview

Responsibilities

Aligning Stakeholder Management with Program priorities 

Engage the School Leaders towards deepening their understanding about our movement and creating champions of our work in the region. Collect information about stakeholder investment and management in the city through a variety of methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, etc) . Consistently track, analyze and interpret data to problem-solve on issues related to schools and communities and unearth weaknesses and problems, and root causes behind them. Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to Program priorities, capabilities, and limitations to share with relevant stakeholders during school team meetings. Amplify best practices to internal partners like Schools, Program Managers and Fellows. Network with different organizations to tackle school, student, and community-related issues.  Ensure smooth MoU renewals with schools and explore expansion into other government / low-income private schools in the city.

Build Capacity among Fellows, Staff, and other stakeholders

Support the Senior Program Manager/Program Coach to design sessions for Inductions, City conferences, Program Fridays for both Fellows and Program Managers on topics like but not limited to problem-solving, expectation setting, stakeholder mapping, negotiation skills, conflict resolution Lead city-wide spaces like HM conferences etc to bring HMs, teachers and/or parents together Collaborate with Program Managers to support Fellows in schools and work closely with the Fellows to implement new/efficient structures in partner schools Collaborate with Fellows to organize parent-teacher meetings; identify parent champions and support them in engaging the parent community on critical ed-related issues Support Fellows in implementing high-impact BTCPs (Be The Change Projects) in the community

Maintain School and Community Partnerships 

Design a year-long Community Engagement strategy for the city and drive implementation through Staff and Fellows Identify, build and share a database of initiatives/policies/schemes that could potentially benefit our partner schools, parents, and children in safety, health, and education. Support Program Leads in Fellow placements by taking into account various requirements at the local, city, and organizational level. Identify and cultivate new and existing partnerships to provide support to Fellows and Staff to meet programmatic goals. Manage city level School, community and Fellow databases along with the current reality of all partners. To support the Manager- GSCR to avail necessary permission from the School, Government like District Directors of Education and Additional Directors of Education to ensure renewal of permission to operate. Work with the community centres and schools to ensure required instructional hours and learning for all students.

Additional Responsibilities:

Support in Recruitment, Selection, Matriculation based on interest and skills . Support at Training at Institute based on interest and skills. Support in planning and organizing city events like City Conferences, induction, mid-year retreats. Support the City Child Protection Committee, to focus on child safety and wellbeing for all students in the city.

Additional Responsibilities

Knowledge and Technical Skills

Competencies and Abilities

Values and Mindsets

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Graduate in any stream with 2+ years work experience Previous experience of relationship building and stakeholder engagement  Excellent communication skills – written and verbal  Willingness to visit schools and communities on a daily basis Ability to negotiate with a diverse set of stakeholders to drive desired outcomes Ability to quickly build relationships and influence others without authority Strong problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills to solve reactive, critical and complex problems Data orientation and impact analysis  Excellent organizing and planning skills Proficiency in the local language Marathi

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Experience working with stakeholders in low-income communities  Ability to work with data to drive decisions Passion for and belief in the importance of mobilizing stakeholders to effect change

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